News archive from 23 March 2018

Paul Pogba will be dropped for France’s friendly with Colombia as Didier Deschamps admits the midfielder’s problems at Manchester United are ‘complicated’.
Pogba arrived for international duty this week after a difficult spell for his club.
Having...

Birmingham is a diverse and vibrant city, home to some of the country’s most important innovations, ideas and businesses.
It has a thriving jobs market with over 2.7 million people in employment – an increase of over 228,000 since 2010.
It was my...

A drug courier who was caught after police stopped his car on the M6 in Cumbria was secretly transporting cocaine worth nearly £2,000.
The defence barrister representing Carlisle man Michael Cameron, 30, asked a judge to spare him from the likely jail...

MPs have called for tougher measures to protect passengers and local communities before plans to expand Heathrow Airport are approved.
The Transport Committee said a night flight ban of six-and-a-half hours should to be extended to seven hours.
The...

The Financial Ombudsman Service will conduct an independent review following accusations that some consumers' claims were not decided correctly.
The move follows an investigation by Channel 4's Dispatches into the service.
The programme suggested some...

Tyler Perry may have some success with his movies and stage plays, but he was not about to lose out to a six-year-old at an auction.
It turns out that the person Blue Ivy Carter, daughter of Beyonce and Jay-Z, was trying to outbid over the weekend...

Fulham’s teenage star has been tipped to be fast-tracked into Southgate’s World Cup squad.
But England Under-21s boss Boothroyd has revealed that he’s had a chat with Southgate over blooding the young gun too quickly.
“It was a brief conversation,”...

Tottenham have been tipped to challenge for the Premier League since Mauricio Pochettno took charge in back in 2014.
But despite securing a top-four spot each season, Spurs have fallen short of the championship.
And Mariner reckons Pochettino needs...

Donald Trump tried to give money to a Playboy model after he had sex with her behind Melania’s back, it was claimed.
Karen McDougal told Anderson Cooper about the alleged cash bung, said to have been paid during a ten month-long affair Thursday...

A new drug for multiple sclerosis could slow the progression of symptoms of a form of the disease for which effective treatments have proved elusive, research suggests.
It is thought about 100,000 people in the UK and 2,500,000 people worldwide have...

Marco Reus, Mario Gotze... and Usain Bolt?
It's an unlikely front three for Borussia Dortmund but on Thursday that was the case as they trained together.
While Reus and Gotze have seen it all with Dortmund, the sight of sprint king Bolt at their...

After the 4-0 Ashes humiliation, England are staring another heavy defeat in the face after just one day of the first Test against New Zealand at Eden Park.
Joe Root's side were skittled for just 58 on the first morning, one of the worst scores in...

Louis Moult is back on Rangers' radar - with the former Motherwell striker struggling to make an impact at Preston.
The 25-year-old joined the Deepdale club in January but has only made three starts to date.
Although Moult still has three years to run...

Being overweight or obese is a growing cause of cancer in the UK while cases caused by smoking are falling, according to a large study.
Cancer Research UK found more than a third of all cases of cancer were avoidable - some 135,000.
The charity also...

Questions of how and why the quiet home-schooled Mark Anthony Conditt became the Austin bomber continue to plague the authorities.
None of the evidence gathered by investigators has given police many clues as to what motivated the 23-year-old to...